Showing results for "For the Parish" in Literary Fiction

BOOK 2 IN THE BESTSELLING CANON CLEMENT MYSTERY SERIES 'The best of the new cosy crime writers' Daily Telegraph 'First-class entertainment' Daily Mirror It's been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Clement tries to steady his flock, the parish...

When Mr James Massey moves to the Parish of Hilby and becomes the new tenant of Wood Farm he is soon the centre of attention. Invited to events within the small Norfolk Village, Massey finds himself attending village concerts, high tea at the grange and even dinner at the vicarage. As the residents warm to him so too do the hearts of two women, Helen Smythe and Pollie Freeman.

Parohia este monografia bizară a unei aşezări imaginare din anii tragici şi groteşti ai unei dictaturi agonizante şi totodată un fals, ironic bildungsroman. Satul e văzut prin ochii unui antierou care refuză să se maturizeze, un soi de adolescent de 30 de ani, îndrăgostit de halucinata Ninia – o fată misterioasă, mereu însoţită de un cortegiu de creaturi stranii, animale fără nume, ce sfidează orice taxonomie.